…In this movie, I'm going to introduce you to the concept of metadata.…Now at first, this might seem like a pretty geeky term.…But in fact, metadata can be very helpful for organizing your image files.…So let me back up for a minute.…There's two parts to any photographic image.…First, you've got the pixels and every single…one of these pixels is little tiny squares.…Conveys a different color and luminance.…Also known as brightness and that's what…creates the physical appearance of the photograph.…

Everything else inside the image file is metadata…and there's a ton of stuff going on here.…You can use metadata to show exactly when and how digital photograph was captured.…You can use metadata to enter copyright and…website information.…So that anyone who finds your photograph will know where it came from.…And finally, you can assign keywords to your images,…so that you can easily find them in the future.…The best place to organize your metadata is inside Bridge, so I'll return to…the program by going up to the File menu and choosing Browse in Bridge.…

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2/20/2014

Although learning Photoshop from square one can seem daunting, this course gives you exactly the knowledge you need to get started developing your photographs with Adobe's premiere photo-editing tool. Popular instructor Deke McClelland will quickly introduce you to the core Photoshop features that most benefit photographers, even those with no prior Photoshop experience.

Interested in using Photoshop for graphic design? Check out the companion course, Introducing Photoshop: Design.